Senior Mainframe Modernization Engineer C2C jobs remote only

Job Title: Senior Mainframe Modernization Engineer
Duration: 6+ Months
Location: Remote

Responsibilities:
Perform detailed technical analysis of legacy mainframe applications to identify business functionality, interdependencies, and modernization opportunities.
Use IBM ADDI (Now, part of Watsonx) to conduct automated code scanning, data flow analysis, and business rule extraction.
Participate in technical discovery sessions with client teams to gather system context, pain points, and transformation objectives.
Document findings and contribute to assessment reports, including recommendations for modernization pathways.
Collaborate with architects and client teams to ensure assessment outputs align with future cloud migration, modernization, simplification/optimization and AI integration strategies.
Support the development of proof-of-concept models and technical demonstrations as needed.
Stay current on mainframe tooling, modernization patterns, and AI-assisted analysis techniques.

Required Technical Qualifications:
10+ years of hands-on experience in mainframe technologies, including:
COBOL, JCL, CICS, DB2, REXX, VSAM
Experience with batch schedulers (e.g., CA-7, Control-M, etc.)
Familiarity with RACF security and access control mechanisms
Proficiency with standard mainframe utilities (SORT, IDCAMS, IEBGENER, etc.)
Required experience of IBM ADDI (Watsonx) automated discovery and analysis tools.
Experience conducting application assessments, code analysis, and business logic extraction.
Familiarity with AI/ML-driven approaches to legacy system analysis and modernization planning.
Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a client-facing consulting environment.
Strong documentation and communication skills to support assessment deliverables.
Experience in the Financial Services domain is a plus.
Act as a trusted technical advisor during early stages of engagement, helping shape strategy and execution plans.

Preferred Qualifications:
Proven hands-on experience with Mainframe Modernization initiatives, especially assessing the applications, identifying opportunities, building roadmap and all related activities.